Facebook's red "equal" sign: A symbol of marriage equality

Juanita Ng, Vancouver Sun03.27.2013

You can thank the Human Rights Campaign, a group that supports gay marriage, for the red "equal" signs that are popping up everywhere. The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the sign to be reimagined and then become a meme. Keep clicking to see some of the photos.Vancouver Sun
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The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
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The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

The Human Rights Campaign asked supporters to take their red equal sign and post it - but it didn't take long for the original equal sign to be reimagined and then to become a meme.Human Rights Campaign
/ Facebook

You can thank the Human Rights Campaign, a group that supports gay marriage, for the red "equal" signs that are popping up everywhere.'
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What are those red equal-sign pictures that are popping up all over Facebook about? You can thank the Human Rights Campaign, a group that supports gay marriage, for the symbol.

If you haven't seen the equal signs yet, you likely will soon; people on Facebook are swapping out their profile pictures and using these red signs instead as the U.S. Supreme Court discusses gay marriage.

The HRC asked its followers just yesterday to show support in this way: "Make sure you wear red to show your support for marriage equality. And make your Facebook profile red too!" The Facebook profile photo idea has quickly gone viral.

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